Reviews
Pancada Motor: Manifesto da Festa
DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar
One of Alfredo Bello's passions is to create field recordings of Afro-Brazilian traditions and religious ceremonies. These recordings then serve...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
A Curva Da Cintura (Mali-Brasil)
Arnaldo Antunes, Toumani Diabaté & Edgard Scandurra
After AfroCubism's Grammy-winning Mali Cuba album, are we about to see a spate of similarly styled cash-ins? Well, no worries,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Da Natureza das Coisas
Choro, the popular urban music that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century, translates into English as ‘lament.’...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020
Meuseucca Servadze
From Piedmont Teres Aoutes (Piedmont Highlands) comes this fresh force in Italian folk music. Made up of singer and mandolinist...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2023
Where the Soul Never Dies
Mike Block is one of the bravest, most intriguing musicians on the American fusion scene. A cellist and member of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2021
Sistema Subversiva
Don't expect to hear any mint-breathed sighing, loose-hipped swaying and general ‘la-la-la-ing’ from Da Cruz. Bossa nova and its anodyne...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Strange One
A fiery fuzz guitar solo, reggaeton bridge, vocals switching between Spanish and English, searing violins and a constant hip-hop/cumbia beat...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2020
LIVE – Olympiahalle München
LaBrassBanda hail from Bavaria, and this homecoming concert found them playing to 12,000 fans. You read that correctly: not 1,200...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Shivelight
‘Shivelight’ is the light that dances and dapples through a canopy of trees; something that captures the essence of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2018
